"I do not know what all of them are myself. The pad there contains all we know of them, including how we've been using them." The hologram glitches for a second. "This I know is a properly working drive. It is an earlier model than you are used to …
The hologram smiles, glitching as the elevator rises. "Excellent. I knew you'd be enthused." The doors open onto a room with a single glowing orb hovering in the center and several different artifacts on tables around the perimeter. "Please, take a …
The projection glitches for a moment then resolves. "I did. Do you know why you were chosen for this Dwi? Your care and... attention to detail in restoring your ship, integrating the new and the old. Most would have either gutted everything and put …
She's confused at first, then slightly embarrassed. "I'm still not quite sure why I was chosen. There were so many more of my people far more qualified than I am."
Nur nods, envious of the ease she has with the technology. "I'd like that." Her eyes drift over the pictures, settling on the picture of Dwi with a small smile.
Nur had been exploring and truthfully had gotten a little lost when she found herself in telemetry. She looks around, simultaneously entranced and terrified by the sterility of the room and it's contents. She sits in one of the chairs, looking at th…
She cocks her head curiously, smiling softly back at him. "Do your people not eat meals communally? How interesting..." She takes in his face. "You have a beautiful smile..."
Her leaves go scarlet as her hand flies to her mouth. "I'm so sorry! I didn't think before... I didn't mean to make you uncomfortable!" She takes the pastry carefully. Good job Nur. Now he thinks you're weird. She glances at him shyly. "Are you sure…
She smiles, leaning over to take a bite as he holds it. "That's delicious!" she moans, licking the chocolate from her lips. "Aren't you going to have some?"
The sheer variety of species on the station is mind boggling, as if every planet in the confederation was represented. She tries not to just stare at everyone, resisting the urge to sit and watch them go by.
She looks over the selection, most of it…
She chuckles, leaves unfurling again as a smile spreads across her face. "Let's find out shall we?" She starts towards the market, glancing back at him over her shoulder. "Coming?" She waits for him to catch up and lets him take the lead.
She nods shyly. "You truly do not mind?" She glances at him again, drinking in his flushed face and his fascinating eyes. Don't stare! She looks back at Rocky to cover her gaffe. "What does he like for treats?" She bends to pet the pup gently.
She blushes, leaves curling and reddening along their centers. "You don't have to put yourself out for me." She smiles down at Rocky. "I wouldn't want Rocky to miss his walk."
She snaps out of it and nods, remembering that it's impolite to stare here. "The soil and the sun. It's... different from eating but just as necessary to my kind." She shrugs. "It's not quite right here."
She smiles shyly at him. You weren't interrupting. I was trying to find a spot to... I think the word you would use is absorb. She shrugs. The dirt is odd here. She glances at his face, entranced for a moment by his eyes.
Nur is sitting in the grass, frowning slightly as she sinks her fingers into the soil and unfurls her leaves. So sterile... where's all the life to it? She stands, brushing the dirt from her hands. Most unsatisfactory... She smiles as Rocky comes bo…
He does not like talking to others... Nur frowns, backing away. And he does not know his purpose here... She casts a last glance at his profile before settling out of earshot and away from their sight. For that matter I am not truly sure of mine her…
Nur listens but doesn't interrupt, then realizes her listening might be an invasion of privacy. She dithers about what to do, wandering in and out of her spot of concealment a few times.
Nur smiles back shyly.
It is a pleasure to meet you. My people do not leave our planet often.
She looks back down at Rocky.
He is... What is the word?.. a pet?
Nur steps from the ship, walking a few steps behind the elders, looking around curiously while trying not to be obvious about it. She's dressed in a simple white tunic and flowing, knee length trousers. Her leafy "hair" is bright and shiny beneath t…
The station twinkled like the stars behind it, activity bustling behind the windows. As the ships got closer it was easier to make out the form, a huge, spiky, hub and spoke setup with corridors connecting the docking bays to the central station.
The Liminal is just another of the creatures of the universe, no more, no less. A powerful creature to be sure, but still a being with wants and needs.
The Liminal is avian in appearance, it's once magnificent feathers now molting with age.
Hello? I am Nur?
Nur was chosen as the representative of her kind to accompany the Liminal. Someone jokingly described her as willowy, a joke she did not get until it was explained that a willow was a tall, slender tree on Terra and it was often us…